I don’t yet know, but I am supposing that’s the way this  is going to be at WVU with Joe DeForest, Mike Smith and others coaching the defense. Might have to add Steve Dunlap to that list because he’s been recruiting and he was at Saturday’s halftime ceremony. Still, it looks like the hires Dana Holgorsen has made are with a 3-4 in mind. Smith seems to already have ideas about the 3-4 after messing with it for a few years in the NFL.

“We’re going to move around. We’re going to stem,” Smith said Wednesday from the Jets’ facilities, where he worked for two seasons as a defensive intern under Rex Ryan. “We’re going to show different coverages. We’re going to disguise. We’re going to play with good fundamentals and techniques. That’s kind of who we are.

“I understand in college, you can’t run the New York Jets defense, the entire package. But you can run that style of defense, the way we teach it and play it, you know.”

This could be all wrong, but that would defeat the purpose of the exercise and I’m not going to admit defeat here. Let’s assume the defense is a 3-4 next season. It’s not a 3-3-5. It’s different. It’s going to juggle personnel, not as much on the defensive line, but certainly at linebacker and definitely in the secondary — and WVU is recruiting a lot of safeties this year.

Talk about your lineup …

Who would you line up at defensive end, nose guard and defensive tackle? Remember, it’s those three, not DE, NG, DE. Is it Wright, Rowell and Clarke?

How about linebacker? You need two middle linebackers now — and Jewone Snow will miss spring ball — and you have to be strong up the middle in this defense. You have options with the outside positions. One typically rushes and the other handles the offensive line — but not always.

You frequently see DE’s become LBs and vice versa and WVU would, of course, be open to anything to make it work.Feel free to give the coaches a hand.

The secondary is unusual, too. It’s not a major change because there’s still a free safety and a strong safety and two cornerbacks. But remember Terence Garvin is out for the spring … and I wonder if maybe you’d like to see him at OLB or even MLB. He blitzed a lot from spur his year, like an OLB, and played MLB on passing downs. And what about Darwin Cook, who was the team’s second-leading tackler, but knows the bandit position disappears in a 3-4. Perhaps he just slides over to Eain Smith’s vacated spot at FS.

So there are plenty of questions and graduations to consider, but have at it. First down, first game. Who takes the field?